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A Return to Reality
Jeffrey Garten discusses the lessons of Lehman Brothers, the importance of public policy, and the need for a three-year MBA.
Tricia Bisoux • May 01, 2009
photographs by David Johnson
Even with his years of experience in investment, finance, and public policy, Jeffrey Garten got it wrong—and he isn't afraid to admit it. But then, so did just about everybody. In fact, the fall of Lehman Brothers and the subsequent collapse of the global markets has led Garten to change his mind about a number of issues—including the role of business in the world.
"In the past, I was guilty of having exaggerated what business can do," he says. "As strong a case as there is for a broader business education, there is a much bigger case for better education of public service officials, because they are the ones who must set the framework."
Garten has had a front row seat to the global economy, where he has watched just how much business and public policy interact. He has worked with government, serving on the White House Council on International Economic Policy under President Richard Nixon and as Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade under President Bill Clinton. In the 1980s, he worked on Wall Street as managing director of first Lehman Brothers and then the Blackstone Group. In 1995, he was named dean of the Yale School of Management in New Haven, Connecticut, a position he held until 2005.
The crowd is often wrong. The height of courage and integrity is to look at your competition and ask whether you really want to be swimming in that same stream.
Garten is now the school's Juan Trippe Professor of International Trade. In addition to his role on the faculty, he serves as chairman of Garten Rothkopf, an international advisory firm based in Washington, D.C., and as a trustee of The Conference Board. As he views the current global economy from these vantage points, he sees a system of business that is hampered by a number of inescapable realities.
"For all the discussion of the need for long-term thinking, we have markets that are very short-term oriented," he says. "Our financial markets are under incredible structural pressures. They operate in a world where analysts and journalists pump up every little announcement, where accountants are still behind the curve and have no voice in their organizations." If that's the world where business students will work, he argues, they'd better know how to handle those pressures in ways that make sense for their organizations.
That means that business schools will have to broaden the boundaries of their curricula, says Garten, to include subjects related to history, government, and public policy. He argues that tomorrow's business leaders will need a broader foundation of knowledge to draw from throughout their careers. Only then can they truly understand that the world around them is much bigger—and much smaller—than they may have imagined.
What did you think as you watched Lehman Brothers, your former employer, disappear?
I found it very sad. The company had an illustrious history of hiring investment bankers who also were great public officials. In the late 1970s, Lehman Brothers really stood out from all of Wall Street in terms of the vision of linking finance to public policy. To me, this was heaven. I was hired to help foreign governments with their finances. I was sent to Japan to help build up Lehman Brothers in Asia. Everything I did had a very major interaction with public officials. All of my aspirations were fulfilled, and I loved every minute of it for the 15 years I was there.
When it collapsed, it was like watching that part of my life crumble—first in slow motion, then in fast motion. What's most painful is that now, whenever I say I worked at Lehman Brothers, it's equated with having been part of an unsavory institution. While I know most people realize that everything that happened was very recent, it's nevertheless quite painful on a personal level. You almost don't want to identify with the company because it has become a poster child for so many things that went wrong—for greed, for short-term thinking, for all of those things. That's not what I identify with.
What are the central lessons that faculty should make sure students learn from this crisis?
Lesson No. 1 is that the CEO and top management have an obligation to take into account the soul, reputation, brand, and equity of their company in everything they do. They must view risking the institution's reputation in the same way they view risking the institution's financial investments. But they must also know the difference—a company's reputation can be almost unrecoverable if something goes wrong.
Lehman Brothers and its predecessors had been around for almost a century. It took years, if not generations, to build up its culture and its first-rate global reputation. All of that went down the drain in a matter of months. Students should know how quickly that can happen.
Lesson No. 2 is that the crowd is often wrong. The height of courage and integrity is to look at your competition and have the guts to ask whether you really want to be swimming in that same stream, at the same pace, and in the same direction. Lehman Brothers, for example, got caught up in fiercely competitive financial markets where everybody seemed to be doing well. Its natural instinct was to do the same thing, only better. That meant taking more risk. It would have been very difficult for Lehman Brothers to go against what everyone else was doing. The financial markets are relentless in penalizing those who decide to forgo some profitability in the interests of long-term viability.
Look at AT&T in the late '90s, when Michael Armstrong was CEO. All of a sudden, AT&T's returns were much lower than WorldCom's. When Armstrong and his team looked at WorldCom, they just couldn't understand how it was making so much profit. AT&T cut no corners, it engaged in no shenanigans—and it got clobbered by the market. Armstrong's reputation was badly diminished, and he was forced out. Months later, it came to light that WorldCom had cooked the books.
If the executives at Lehman Brothers hadn't engaged in "the game," the company would have been forced to break itself up and sell itself off, just like AT&T. But, in retrospect, that would have been the right thing to do. Hats should go off to Armstrong. In all of the investigations of the tech collapse, nobody could say a word about AT&T's integrity.
How can future business leaders avoid the same fate as either company?
Business schools must stress the importance of corporate governance. Teach students about the need for a strong board that is self-aware and collectively capable of saying to the CEO, "This is the real situation." It's important for CEOs to surround themselves with tough-minded people who can tell them when they're doing something extraordinarily risky.
On a more profound level, business schools should educate business leaders in areas that go beyond traditional business subjects. If I could devise a curriculum, it would be heavily geared toward history. I bet very few CEOs had an education in financial history. Most business leaders know a lot about the latest strategic doctrines and fads, but I don't think they are sufficiently aware of historical cycles and how companies over the last several generations have managed to be innovative while maintaining a sense of integrity.
Rakesh Khurana of Harvard argues that business schools should view themselves as professional schools, and that their graduates should view themselves as members of a profession with a common standard of ethics. Do you agree?
I think there's a lot to that. The business world is much bigger than law, but I think there should be some common professional standards. So many people are asking, "What are the right reforms that ought to be done to prevent another financial debacle?" But it's only the government that's talking. There's no business voice right now.
What about accreditation organizations? Could they step into a role similar to the ones professional associations play for medicine or law?
As far as I know, accreditation organizations have no capability to shame the individual. Their standards relate to the schools, not to the profession. That's a big difference.
You argued in your 2003 book, The Politics of Fortune: A New Agenda for Business Leaders, that business needs to take a more active role in setting public policy. Would you make that same argument today?
I finished that book in 2001, right after 9/11. Now it's 2009, and the world has changed dramatically. Business has forfeited the right to have the confidence of society. Our belief in the viability of the world economy has changed.
You say business has forfeited the right to have society's confidence, but many still make the case that business can solve society's biggest problems.
The idea that business can solve the world's problems is terribly misguided, because it grows out of a sense that business is all-powerful and has all the resources. It grows from a sense that governments aren't capable anymore. That theory may have held some water in the 1990s, but we're entering a much different era. Government is returning in a big way, on national and global levels.
So, you're saying that business will have to make way for greater governmental oversight?
In the 1990s, businesses made a big move toward self-regulation. They held to the mantra that companies would get together to set and enforce standards. But it's going to be a long time before self-regulation has any credibility. Issues of food safety and toy safety were supposed to be based on some notion of self-regulation, and business fell down terribly. In the financial arena, especially, it's over; there is no trust at all.
Forget about self-regulation. In its place, I predict government regulators will be inside the organization. The level of government intrusion is going to be greater than anything that has happened in our lifetimes. That's how far this pendulum has swung.
That prediction will concern educators who are passionate about business's role in society.
I'm definitely not saying that business leaders shouldn't be very aware of the effects of what they do or that they shouldn't have social consciences. Efforts like the U.N. Global Compact are well intentioned, and I'm not saying that they shouldn't exist. But those who have arrogated to business a significant global social role, or anything close to it, need to return to reality. It is a total fantasy to say business should be in the lead.
Over the next several years, the world will be in a much slower state of growth. As their first objective, business leaders will have to keep their companies viable. They won't have, or won't allocate, the resources to address social issues. Society can no longer point to businesses and say, "You have to take care of education, infrastructure, and the environment," because they won't do it. Not only will they not do it, the markets will kill them for even attempting it.
Now that the U.S. brand of Darwinian capitalism has been discredited, there will be a big competition for ideas. The U.S. will be a part of that competition, but it won't run it.
Government regulation and the education of government officials must be placed much higher on our list of priorities. If governments don't create the framework, it is an illusion to think that businesses will.
You noted at a recent conference that the events of late 2008 marked the beginning of a "massive transformation of the global financial system." What sort of transformation?
First, we'll have to rethink the whole question of innovation. There has been the assumption that all innovation is good, but how do we control dangerous innovation? When we teach innovation, we'll have to focus on where innovation fails, where it can do damage.
We're also going to have to rethink the whole issue of compensation and incentives. There's a lot of evidence that the design of executive compensation systems has had a major impact on the way financial institutions have behaved. We need a better idea of how and why people are rewarded or penalized.
Then, we have to take a new look at conflicts of interest. We're probably headed toward a world with a number of big banking institutions and conglomerates that, no matter what they say, are rife with internal conflicts—they're putting their money in one place and their customers' money in another place. We need to look at how to manage these conflicts.
Do you think that we're transitioning into a truly global economy, where the role of the U.S. has diminished and up-and-coming nations like Brazil, China, and India will play a larger role?
You really could make the case for one of two scenarios. The first is that globalization is going to slow down, and that we're going to see a rise in nationalism and protectionism. Governments could take very protective measures in the financial arena because so many of them have been whacked by this global economy and forces outside their control. I give this scenario a 40 percent chance.
The second scenario is that globalization intensifies and financial institutions are consolidated. In this scenario, there will be more mergers among these institutions, because too many of them have too little capital. The automobile companies will be reduced from, say, eight to four. There will be more international mergers and more global financial regulations when it comes to the environment. When we come out of this great storm, the world will be smaller and more integrated. I give this scenario a 60 percent chance.
In either case, the influence of the U.S. will be far less than it has been in the past. It has far less capability to tell other countries how to structure their economies. For generations, we've been telling China to do this, India to do that, Brazil to do this. But now that our model has collapsed, we have no credibility.
Certainly, the U.S. will have a very strong voice, but it will be a vastly diminished voice compared to ten years ago. The European model or the Chinese model might look a lot better to emerging economies than they did just a few years ago. Now that our brand of Darwinian capitalism has been totally discredited, there will be a big competition for ideas. The U.S. will be a part of that competition, but it won't run it.
You mentioned that business leaders will have to partner with government to a greater extent. How much should business students and public policy students know about the other side's arenas of influence?
That's a wonderful question. In theory, the more these two groups of students know about each other's arena, the better off the world will be. They need to work together. But how schools accomplish this in practice is a more difficult proposition, because to do justice to either subject, students really need to study more than two years.
Several years ago, when I was in my first term as dean at Yale, I gave a talk to GMAC on the topic, "Why an MBA should be three years." I started by saying, "There's not going to be one person who will agree with me." That turned out to be true. At the time, everybody was trying to figure out how to complete the degree in one year! Law school is three years, and medical school is four years. But for some reason business school is only two years—in Europe, it's one.
Business and public policy overlap, and there is a need for synthesis. But to teach both areas well, you have to make the program longer. I doubt anybody in this market would agree with me, but I think it's true.
You were dean of the Yale School of Management for ten years. What was your biggest challenge?
When I became dean, there was a lot of movement in areas such as globalization, entrepreneurship, and management of nongovernmental organizations. It was a huge challenge to figure out how to deal with these subjects in the classroom at a time when a lot of professors didn't study these areas. Many people also were calling for schools to increase the experiential factor for students, because a lot of business skills can be taught only on the job. I found it daunting to try to get my arms around all of that, to work with faculty so that they were enthusiastic about these new departures, and to find and hire young faculty who would make up the core of the future.
At the same time, many foreign universities were approaching us to create joint programs. I decided that we were better off building links to other schools within Yale University than we were going abroad—a decision that, to put it mildly, wasn't universally acclaimed. I enhanced our joint programs with the schools of law, medicine, architecture, drama, art, and environmental studies. I believed that, no matter what careers students wanted to pursue, a broader education would serve them well.
Do you think that the challenges that deans face today are different?
The challenges I faced then still exist today. However, in 1996, the world economy was on an unambiguous course. The economy was more market-oriented and globalized; there were bigger roles for business. Many people, including me, would have said, "This will go on for generations."
Anybody becoming a dean now has to wrestle with questions that are much more profound than I did. What kind of world economy do we have now? How is it all going to change? What do these changes mean for how we manage a company, how we think about innovation, how we think about corporate governance?
But one of the great things about being a dean is that schools are great crucibles for debates. You may not be able to resolve questions, but you can raise them. You can get the smartest people around the world to put in their two cents' worth. If students take away the notion that even though there is a lot of ferment and things are not cast in concrete, there still are a few enduring truths—that's not nothing.
You've had a long career in business, public policy, and education. What's your next challenge?
I'm very happy being a professor, and I enjoy working with Garten Rothkopf to help organizations with issues involving energy and the environment.
I'm also working on a book due to come out in 2010. It's about the ten people in the last 1,000 years, up to the end of the 20th century, who have done the most to create the modern world. Each chapter covers the life and times of a different person, from Genghis Khan in the 12th century to Deng Xiaoping in the late 1990s. This project has been enormously engaging for me.
Doing these three things—I have no greater aspirations than that.
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Governor Kasich Silent on Nearly 5,000 Ohio Jobs at Risk
Governor Kasich remained silent on the possibility of Ohio losing nearly 1,200 jobs at Anchor Hocking over the weekend. While the Governor has repeatedly attended ceremonies to announce new jobs, he has said little about the projected 5,000 lay-offs across 23 counties already announced this year. The full list of 2014 WARN notices can be found HERE.
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Saying, "Where is that young man whose coffin it is fixed?
For he'll make a good soldier for his Queen and country."
To sail this mighty boat of mine?"
That ever sailed upon the sea"
Nor ever do intend to be"
That means there'll be a deadly storm"
"Here's to you my merry young men for you'll not see dry land again"
Come sailing homeward to dry land"
He fairly won my heart, he wrote me a letter.
And if I were with my love I would live forever.
Oh where has my love gone with his cheeks like roses?
He's gone across the sea, gathering primroses.
And if I were with my love I would do my duty.
Strange news has come to town, strange news is carried.
Oh what did you promise me when you lay beside me?
You said you'd marry me and not deny me.
So bring your witness love and I'll not deny you.
Oh witness have I none save God Almighty.
And may He reward you well for the slighting of me.
For to think she had loved one and he'd proved deceitful.
And many a fair speech she made to me.
Go far away and let me be.
The ugliest witch in the North Country.
She's turned her three times round and round.
And she's turned me into an ugly worm.
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We're Not Worthy, We're Not Worthy!
Despite the title of this post and the image above, this is not a post about Wayne or Garth, but rather one that continues the discussion begun in last Monday's post on Avengers: Age of Ultron.
As I mentioned in that post and in other posts on Christianity & culture, one of my goals with Cruciform is to occasionally offer examples of engaging culture by thinking deeply about the presumptions, messages and questions-posed by the music, movies and other cultural artifacts we encounter. This is what I call playing "movie critic" (as opposed to "movie maker," i.e. cultural engagement by creating new culture).
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Two things up front: first, this is going to be a messy post. Second, I'm hoping that a good discussion in the comments will enhance the post and perhaps even make the entire thing — post and comments together — somewhat less messy.
As stated in recent posts and as implied in the subtitle of this blog ("Exploring the Intersection of Christianity and Culture"), one of my central purposes for Cruciform is to consider how we can engage culture in two ways: by evaluating the culture in which we find ourselves, and by creating new culture. Or to use a metaphor: to be a "movie critic" or a "movie maker".
In this post I'd like to engage in the first form of cultural engagement ("movie critic") in a more literal sense by looking at the last Marvel Studio's blockbuster movie Avengers: Age of Ultron.
A few weeks ago I came across a fascinating post by Fr. Dwight Longenecker entitled "Why You Need Poetry".
Now, I have to confess: I'm not into poetry. And that's not for lack of trying… I was exposed to it in school, and many an article like Fr. Dwight's has prompted me to try to get into it.
But so far, no luck.
And yet, I'll keep trying, for reasons like those spelled out by Father in his post. For I know that there's a "muscle" in my spirit that is in danger of atrophying: it's my aesthetic sense, my ability to delight in things, to recognize not only the truth or goodness of things, but their beauty as well, my ability to be in awe of a piece of beautiful music, of a compelling story, of… a poem.
There are all sorts of reasons why this sense is one that I cannot let atrophy any further, why it's important that I foster my aesthetic sensibility, my taste for beauty, and in future posts I expect to detail and explain those reasons.
For for now, I'll mention two: first, as I've mentioned previously, I want to be more discriminating, more critical in how I consume what our culture offers us, and to do so requires that I strengthen that taste for beauty, that I develop a more discerning palate, if you will.
And second: God delights in my delight. He delights when I am awed by beauty, whether it be the beauty of His creation or the beauty created by His creatures.
And that fact — that God delights in my delight — is itself something that I am in awe of.
One of the things I struggle with is Critical Cultural Consumption: how to "consume" things that the culture offers me (movies, music, tv, books, etc.) but in a thoughtful, intentional way (i.e. critical in the best sense) in which I take the good, true & beautiful while leaving the bad, false & ugly.
I alluded to this struggle in my last post when I referred to two of the ways that we as Christians can engage the culture: by evaluating existing culture and by creating new culture, or, to use the image I proposed at the end of the post, by being a "movie critic" or a "movie maker". As I mentioned there, being a "movie critic" entails that "sifting" process of separating the wheat from the chaff, the good from the bad, the beautiful from the ugly, the true from the false when we engage or even simply "consume" things in our culture.
I know that leaving the bad, false & ugly is necessary… consuming everything the culture offers me without any thought or discernment is like eating without paying any attention to the nutritional value of the food.
And while the monastic or Amish approach — leaving the world behind almost completely and consuming almost nothing from the wider culture whatsoever — might work for some, I think most of us are called to be what's in the title of the previous post: in the world, but not of the world. That's where the level — or better, manner — of engagement becomes a bit trickier to get right.
As I said, this is a balance I can struggle to get right… this will be one of the recurring Culture topics here at Cruciform. But in the meantime, I'd love to hear any thoughts that any of you might have: how do you maintain that balance in your own life?


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Deborra-Lee Furness Teams With Christie's for Hopeland Benefit Auction
"Surprise Ending," a painting by New York City artist Sarah Sze, will be auctioned by Christie's on Dec. 3. Proceeds from the painting — which could fetch up to $300,000 — benefit Hopeland, a non-profit co-founded by Deborra-Lee Furness that works to prevent family separations and support children raised outside of family units.
The virtual auction takes the place of Hopeland's annual gala.
"The biggest reason why there are so many abandoned children is poverty and neglect, but neglect is just another word for poverty," Furness tells Variety. "People can't cope and then you have mental health issues, and obviously wars and abuse. There's a plethora of reasons why children are separated from their families. We want to help empower families so they can stay together."
Furness and husband Hugh Jackman's children and Sze's kids go to the same school. "Because we couldn't do the gala and that's how we raise most of the funds to keep going and doing the work we do, Sarah stepped up and said, 'I'm going to do this.' I was like, 'You're a rock star.'"
The large-scale piece is on wood and includes oil and acrylic paint, acrylic polymers, ink and printed paper collage. It took more than a year to complete. Sze received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2005 and represented the U.S. at the 2013 Venice Biennale. She recently installed her large-scale sculptural commission "Shorter Than the Day" in the new Terminal 2 at New York's La Guardia Airport.
Hopeland, which began as an effort to promote adoption in Furness and Jackman's native Australia, recently teamed up with Google on a vocational initiative to teach computer skills to teens aging out of foster care. "I'm reaching out to corporations to step up and provide internships for these kids," Furness tells me. She and Jackman have also instilled the importance of social justice work in their kids, too. In fact, their daughter has hung Black Lives Matter and LGBTQ Pride flags in the windows of their New York City apartment.
Asked about the Trump Administration's family separation tactics at the southern border, Furness shook her head. "It's beyond my comprehension that this is even possible," she said. "The fact that it even went so far as to not have accountability and not knowing how to reunify these kids and their families? The damage done to these children is for life."
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Debbie Heald, an 11-year-old distance runner for the Hutchinson Track Club of La Mirada, Calif., raced eight 12- and 13-year-old girls at a mile in Lancaster, Calif. The freckle-faced sixth-grader won by 200 yards in 5:33.9—a national best for her age.
Heizaburo Okawa, 27, the 1964 Japanese foil champion, now representing the Los Angeles Fencing Academy, defeated one of America's top fencers, Albert Axelrod of New York City, for the U.S. men's foil title at the national championships in Santa Monica, Calif.
Gary Miller, a 10-year-old second baseman for the West Akron (Ohio) Cubs, completed an unassisted triple play. With runners on second and third he fielded a line drive, stepped on second, then raced to third before the remaining runner could tag up.
Betty Fehl, 45, former Pennsylvania women's amateur golf champion, who competes in few tournaments a year, won the state's Central Championship for the 11th time. She required only 61 holes to defeat four opponents but claimed, "Winning gets tougher every year."
The man who saved the famed Lipizzan stallions tells how they are trained
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Muggsy McGraw and His Giants on a Seesaw
During the 20th century's second decade, John J. McGraw's New York Giants won the pennant four times, finished last once and set a record that still stands for topsy-turvy ball
By Harold Peterson
THE BEST RECORD YET
It was even better than the mile, Jim Ryun said, after he broke the 1,500-meter mark by more than two seconds in the U.S.-Commonwealth meet. Most of the men ran true to form as the girls provided the upsets
By Pete Axthelm
SOME BEER FOR NEWK, A WALTZ FOR BILLIE
In what has become a Wimbledon tradition, an Australian—John Newcombe this year—won the men's title, then celebrated with a bit of the hops. Among the women, Billie Jean King proved she is queen
By Frank Deford
THE BIRDS FALL DOWN ON BROKEN WINGS
Plagued by sore-armed pitchers, an absence of hitting and an injury to Frank Robinson, the champions are in seventh place
By Joe Jares
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FLEMING WITH A FLAIR
Belgian Steeplechaser Gaston Roelants makes his living by going to parties. He drives madly, hates to go to bed and still is the world's best in an exacting sport
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Winning the two most important trots at Goshen, Stanley Dancer may have offered a preview of Du Quoin for this and the coming year
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Doug Russell, 21, a member of the Arlington (Texas) Burford Swim Club, became the first Texan to break one minute in the 100-meter butterfly (with a time of 58.8) as he led his team to its second straight Southwestern AAU men's division championship in Austin.
Elvin Mesger, 51, head of a shipping department in St. Louis and holder of the American Bowling Congress record for 800-or-better series (15), scored his 13th, 14th and 15th perfect games in one day—a first for the ABC—then rolled four more 300s in three weeks.
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This is a guest post from Heidi Kreider. She is a wife, mother, author, and friend. She blogs about life, grace, and gratitude at www.heidikreider.com.
Abruptly my life course changed direction. Though it wasn't an earth shattering change, I felt like I had lost my purpose. For a decade I homeschooled. I thought I would graduate all three of my children. Instead, our home school whittled down to one. I wasn't sure what to do with myself. My life didn't look like the picture I carried around in my head.
A wise one once said, "the years reveal what the days cannot see." In my insecurity, God was already at work. He had the next step of my life planned. He brought to fruition a lifelong dream of mine, to be an author. There was never enough time in a day to pursue any serious writing… until my life course changed direction. My God works that way, often in ways that I only recognize in hindsight.
I am now an author. More importantly, I am a Jesus lover, wife of 18 years, and mom to 3. I've spent the past fifteen years at home. My days are full taxing my children to their various events, adventuring on field trips, and laughing uproariously with my friends. I count gifts daily and seek grace and forgiveness hourly. I have been blessed with deep friendships and have prayed many friends through the horrific battle of breast cancer.
While homeschooling just one, I wrote my first novel, The Secret of Counting Gifts and the accompanying journal The Secret of Counting Gifts Gratitude Journal. Both are now available in eBook and paperback through Amazon.com.
The Secret of Counting Gifts is a story about life, friendship, hardship, and gratitude. It is the story of Kris McClintock and Liz Bower and their friendship that spans twenty-eight years. Through marriage, babies, and infidelity they stand by each other and hold one another up… until breast cancer delivers the final blow. As she sits by Liz, Kris recounts the trials and blessings that made them who they are. She tells their story and recalls the many "gifts" they have been blessed with throughout the years. She shares of how Liz taught her to notice the gifts in each day and to live with a grateful heart. It is through the telling of their story that the secret of counting gifts is discovered….
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It is well known that in the orthodox monasteries, hospitals, nursing homes, pharmacies, hotels (as guest rooms) and orphanages, where poor and unfortunate people could find some help were functioning. In the period of slavery, they were the shelters of persecuted people and in the years of the War, they helped in its success in many ways. The general Makrigiannis calls them in his "Memoirs" as "the first bulwarks of our revolution". He also says that in monasteries "there were also our powder-magazines and all the necessary things for the war" and for Monks, he marks that poor monks were sacrificed and killed to the revolution". The monks offered everything to the revolution, all the wheat and their barley and had nothing to seed. In a document of the Abbot of the Monastery of Saint Seraphim of Topo, Josef, dated 2nd February 1830, where he addresses to the Extraordinary Committee of Greece and which is saved in the General Files of Greece, we can read that the monastery offered even those quantities that were supposed to be used for the seeding, so they had nothing to seed and monks "were deprived of food"; for this reason, he asked "to give to the monastery the quantity of the seeds" in order to sow "some expedient properties". Anastasios Goudas in the first volume of his work "Parallel Lives" (1872) marks: "Launched by the Greek revolution, the orthodox Lot, without changing or alleviating its religion devotion became an excellent soldier".
However, there were many clergymen who greatly helped in the revolution and whom we do not mention here. In Great Spileo, for example, was the chiliarch Gerasimos Torolos and Ierotheos Petropoulos, apostle of Filiki Eteria (Society of Friends) in Peloponnese.
The preacher Pafnoutios was the first who went up to the fortresses of Nafplio on the night of November 30th, 1822. At various other battles, the monks who belonged to this Monastery shined: Damaskinos Papageorgiou abbot 1826, 1827, Simeon the doctor, Germanos Lambas, Parthenios Balanos, Pafnoutios Dimitriadis, Germanos Prilegas, Jonas Kanellopoulos, Samouel Dimopoulos, Arsenios Georgiadis, Damaskinos Polydoros, Samouel Katsaros, Pagkratios of Pappamenzelou and Ananias Athanassios; Neofitos Rouvalis, with eighty two soldiers and seven monks, reports Frantzis, remained in the Monastery and fought back against the attack of 2.500 pedestrians and horsemen for thirty six hour. Sixteen were murdered and twenty were injured and the monastery suffered a damage of 300.000 drachmas".
Close to Athens, in a completely green landscape, there is the eminent monastery of Kaisariani, which is very interesting for its architecture, its murals of the post Byzantine period, as well as for its history. Makrigiannis himself, in his document dated December 20th, 1834 writes for the Abbot Josef Tampakopoulos that: "he, along with the soldiers under his command succeeded in the capture of Falireas. I was always thankful for his patriotic beliefs and his bravery against the trials of our homeland".
(Prvl. I. M. Hatzifoti: Clergymen Fighters of 1821, Athens 1984, p. 62).
The rebels of Chalkidiki, under the leadership of Emmanuel Papa, were also gathered and created a base in Agion Oros, along with young monks. The monastery of Esfigmenou was the base of each operation. In the monastery of Saint Lavra in Moria, the men at arms of Achaia were assembled in order to confer and the fighters of Fokida in the monastery of Prophet Elias in Amfissa as well. The temple of this monastery is really interesting, a masterpiece of woodcarving in the period of the Ottoman occupation.
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General elections were held in Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla on 10 May 1971. The result was a victory for the Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla Labour Party (SKNALP), which won seven of the nine elected seats. The SKNALP won all seven seats at the island of Saint Kitts, while the two seats at the island of Nevis were divided between the People's Action Movement and the Nevis Reformation Party. Anguilla, which was nominally entitled to one seat, boycotted the elections in the aftermath of the 1969 referendum. Voter turnout was 87.9%.

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Why have I chosen abstract art as a way of representing what I have seen and what I feel? Because it is a representation of pure color, form and shape. But even more important, it is the only form of art where the viewer brings his or her perceptions into the art. Despite the fact that a specific painting may be a unique combination of colors and shapes inspired by real life moods and experiences, viewers tell me that they see many things in my art. Some say they see animals, insects, lighthouses, faces and in one case -- a piano. In all these works none of these objects were drawn, but the mood of the painting yielded the perception. I had tremendous satisfaction when one colleague suggested that one of my works represented a Parisian Bistro. So in a way I can represent a mood or feeling in an abstract work better than in a purely representational work. And also I can choose to work in an infinite variety of palettes because I do not have to represent a specific object.


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The Book of Nehemiah
by Owen Borville
Bible
Timeline 450-400 B.C.
The Book of Nehemiah is focused on rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem after having been destroyed by the Babylonians. After 70 years of exile, the Persians conquered the Babylonians and the Persian kings allowed the Israelites to return to Judah and Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple and the city walls. Nehemiah, a Jew, was cupbearer to the King of Persia and also served as Governor of Judea under the King for 12 years. Nehemiah encouraged the Israelites to rebuild of the walls of Jerusalem in order to protect the city from invaders. Nehemiah prayed to God, reminding of his promise to Israel to restore them. The walls of Jerusalem laid in ruins and the gates were burned to rubble. So Nehemiah prayed, fasted, mourned, and weeped for months. The walls of Jerusalem were rebuilt in 52 days.
Nehemiah's Prayer, Weeping, Mourning, Fasting: Nehemiah 1
Nehemiah prayed to God for the restoration of Israel and asks permission from King Artaxerxes to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, which was approved and Nehemiah inspected the walls (Nehemiah 2).
King Artaxerxes Sends Nehemiah to Jerusalem, Nehemiah Inspects the Walls: Nehemiah 2
The Israelite people, led by Nehemiah, began to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem in Judah (Nehemiah 3).
The Wall Rebuilding Begins: Nehemiah 3
Opposition to Rebuilding the Walls of Jerusalem by local, non-Jewish officials: Nehemiah 4
Local, non-Jewish officials ridiculed and intimidated the Israelite rebuilding.
Nehemiah also spoke against corruption associated with the local officials against the poor (Nehemiah 5).
Nehemiah Helped the Poor: Nehemiah 5
There were plots, threats, and false accusations by local officials to stop the construction of the wall, but the wall was completed (Nehemiah 4, 6). Some falsely claimed the Israelites were revolting against the King and had named Nehemiah as King.
More Opposition to Wall Building: Nehemiah 6
A list of exiles who returned to Israel was given in Nehemiah 7.
List of Exiles Who Returned to Judah and Jerusalem: Nehemiah 7
The Law-Book of Moses was read to the Israelites by Ezra (Nehemiah 8).
Ezra Read the Book of the Law: Nehemiah 8
An account of the Israelites repenting of sin is given in Nehemiah 9, including intermarriage and impurity to the Lord. Marriage to foreign wives led to the worship of foreign gods, so the Israelites were discouraged from inter-marrying.
Israelites Confess Sins: Nehemiah 9
The Priests and Levites made an agreement with the nation of Israel to maintain purity (Nehemiah 10).
Binding Agreement of the Israelite People to Serve the Lord and Remain Pure: Nehemiah 10
The priests and Levites were organized for work in the temple and gradually the city of Jerusalem is repopulated (Nehemiah 11).
Israelites Volunteer to Be New Residents of Jerusalem: Nehemiah 11
Names of Priests and Levites who Returned: Nehemiah 12
The New Wall of Jerusalem was dedicated (Nehemiah 12:27).
Nehemiah encouraged Israel to keep spiritual and religious purity (Nehemiah 13).
Nehemiah's Final Reforms: Nehemiah 13
Nehemiah's final reforms for the Israelites for following the laws of the Lord and remaining pure.


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Q: Linux shell script: echo only a char, didnt handle spaces I need a command in shell script, which write a string char by char
A found 2 versions which could work:
1 with using cut
And an another, using this:
echo -n ${line:$j-1:1}

Where j is a variable of a for loop which goin true the length of the string
So this will write the string char by char, but didnt handle spaces (" ")
(i guess it didnt write null chars, but i need them)
Someone can help?

A: You need to quote the expansion, so that the space isn't removed by the shell before calling echo:
echo -n "${line:$j-1:1}"

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Q: Parsing number with negative suffix Can someone explain to me why the below code gives this output?
1.2
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Running the following code:
String positive = "1.2+";
String negative = "1.2-";
DecimalFormat format = new DecimalFormat("0.0");
format.setPositiveSuffix("+");
format.setNegativeSuffix("-");
format.setDecimalFormatSymbols(DecimalFormatSymbols.getInstance(Locale.US));
System.out.println(format.parse(positive, new ParsePosition(0)));
System.out.println(format.parse(negative, new ParsePosition(0)));

This works though, but I do not like the repetition of the pattern:
String positive = "1.2+";
String negative = "1.2-";
DecimalFormat format = new DecimalFormat("0.0+;0.0-");
format.setDecimalFormatSymbols(DecimalFormatSymbols.getInstance(Locale.US));
System.out.println(format.parse(positive, new ParsePosition(0)));
System.out.println(format.parse(negative, new ParsePosition(0)));

Is the suffix not intended to be used for parsing?

A: As specified in the javadoc :

The negative subpattern is optional; if absent, then the positive subpattern prefixed with the localized minus sign ('-' in most locales)

In your exemple, the parser is waiting "-1.2-", so you have to add this line :
format.setNegativePrefix("");

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Fresh off the release of a limited edition album of covers, West Palm Beach, Fla.'s Surfer Blood has announced a concert at the Grey Eagle in Asheville, N.C., as part of an East Coast tour. The show will take place on Friday, April 27th with Los Angeles dream-pop band Winter.
American indie rock band Surfer Blood released two albums in 2017. February saw the release of their fourth full-length record, 'Snowdonia.' In October, Joyful Noise Records issued a special vinyl-only Surfer Blood album of covers – a limited edition of 1000 copies – available only through mail order and at shows. This one-time vinyl pressing features Surfer Blood covering some wildly disparate artists including Outkast, Chad & Jeremy, Pavement, Cream, and Mudhoney.
Fans can expect Surfer Blood hits from across their discography and a surprise or two. Openers Winter will have the crowd floating. The show is all ages. Tickets are $12-$15. 8 p.m. doors.


Is attracting new patients on your list of resolutions for 2016? Are you concerned about the "January effect" of the deductible reset -- which has evolved into a Q1 effect for many practices? Or would you just like to learn some efficient, easy, modern ways to market your practice -- without a big cash outlay?
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Laurie Morgan will present "Essentials of Online Reputation Management" at the PAHCOM Annual Spring Workshop & Vendor Fair (live event).
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Today's patient turns to the web for information about physicians -- even when they've been referred by another doctor or a trusted friend or relative. What will they find about your practice when they go online? And how will it affect your practice?
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Key trends in technology, health insurance, and consumer preferences are changing staffing needs at medical practices. Patients expect a higher level of service. Does your practice have the technology – and the team – to deliver it? And if you add technology, how can you be sure your practice will be more productive? Above all, how do you use all your human and technology resources to maximize profit potential?
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Collecting well has never been more important for practice health. But the good news is, there are tools and techniques that can make it easier.
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Practices and healthcare systems that invest time and thought into developing their employees have an opportunity to stand out from the crowd. Besides attentive service, engaged employees can help any medical organization increase profitability and perform almost any task more effectively.
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Most people would agree that wine is among life's truly great pleasures, particularly when part of a wonderful meal or as part of a celebration of a special occasion. To gain the most from your wine experience, learn something new and apply it. Keep reading for some useful tips on how to taste, choose and serve wine.
TIP! Always try one bottle of wine before buying more. Given the wide variety of options, it can be hard to tell whether you will enjoy a given wine.
You can listen to your "gut" when you are experimenting with wine. For example, if you have a friend that tells you they love a wine and you don't enjoy it, don't spend any money on it. Instead of spending the money on a wine you will probably not like, see if you can sample it at a restaurant before making a commitment to an entire bottle.
If you stain a shirt with some wine, use Windex. It can get rid of the problem almost right away, and it is much more effective than simply using soap and water. It is crucial to target the stain immediately since waiting will allow the stain to begin setting in.
Preserve the flavor of your wine by storing it properly. Wines can be damaged by extremes in heat or cold, adversely affecting the flavor. Store your wine at a temperature of 50 to 55 to get the best taste. You can buy wine refrigerators or put them in the basement.
TIP! Use different glasses for red and white wine. White wines need to be placed in narrower glasses because it doesn't allow warmth to reach the wine's surface.
Purchase a single bottle if you simply want to do a taste test. There are a ton of wines out there; you do not know what kind you will enjoy. Instead of buying a whole case of the wine, just buy one bottle.
Wine can be used to make a tasty sauce when serving beef. Start by adding s tablespoonful of butter and a dash of red wine to your saucepan. Simmer and thicken the sauce while the alcohol content is minimized. Your lovely sauce can then be drizzled over any beef dish.
When purchasing wine, get something that suits your taste. Recommendations will come thick and fast regarding wineries and regions, but it really is down to what you like. If you really like an inexpensive white, go ahead and buy it! It is your money and there really is no reason to spend it on wine you dislike.
Wine country is a place to visit if you have a passion for wine. Understanding the growth process can help you appreciate the intricacies of wine making. Also, going to a vineyard will help you find out everything you wanted to know about wine. This trip can be educational and fun.
A lot of people want to drink wine after dinner, try a dessert wine. There are many dessert wines including California Port, Italian Moscato and French Champagne. Your party guests are sure to love the relaxing ambiance that sipping wine can bring.
TIP! You can find all sorts of information on the web about wines and their flavors, vintage, and producers Consider printing out some information that you find useful, and use it to help purchase your next bottle of wine. Use your knowledge to choose the best bottle of wine and never be afraid to ask trusted friends and relatives their opinions.
Sign up as a member of an Internet wine forum. Wine lovers can teach some things and you could even share some of your knowledge with them. Another member may suggest a wine that becomes your new favorite.
TIP! If you are having a glass of wine in a social setting, people will more than likely want to make toasts. This will result in the timeless tradition of glass clinking.
It is best to drink white wines while they are within their first two years. This is true for all white wines, except for Chardonnay. There is no oak involved in creating whites. However, wines that are darker in hue do involve oak in their production process.
Wine has graced fine tables for a multitude of years. To enjoy wine fully, it is necessary to learn a little bit about its history and what to look for in taste. Use the information from this article as a guide to understanding more about wine.


With urban cities not having enough street space for setting up proper bike storage infrastructure, the problem of overcrowding and illegal parking can cause potential hazards for emergency situations and general pedestrian navigation. in japan, an earthquake-resistant underground bike parking system has been developed by giken to help resolve the issue, approaching the situation through their design concept, which is based on culture above ground, and function underground. known as the 'eco cycle', the project is engineered as individual cylindrical shaped structures measuring 8.5m x 11.6m below the street surface, where a mechanically operated carrier lifts and organizes bikes into any of the open 204 stalls. the design utilizes a staggered arrangement with loading pallets that maximize the amount of storage with a minimal spatial footprint.
City dwellers know the worst part about commuting via bike is the dearth of secure places to stow your ride. Some municipalities, like Montreal or Vancouver, are introducing bike share programs that partially address issues of theft and space, but nothing compares to Japan's genius approach to the problem.
Called 'Eco Cycle', the bike parks' concept consists of a "robotic valet system"—where riders submit their bicycles to the machine for it to be parked underground, in exchange for a ticket.
This underground automated parking system ensures the bike's safety, and protects the bikes from getting stolen and vandalized, and from the bad weather.
With one machine able to hold up to 200 bicycles, Eco Cycle also allows more space on the surface for other things—which makes the city appear "cleaner".
To retrieve their bikes, users just have to scan their ticket for the machine to identify the bike and return it to the surface within seconds.
Users just have to be careful not to lose their ticket.
Access to the system isn't free, but it's much more affordable than getting your bicycle stolen. A month-long membership costs 2,600 yen, about $26, and students receive a fifty-percent discount. Members will then receive an RFID card which they use to insert and retrieve their bikes.
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Luxurious Vintage Luggage
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S/2003/40/Add.29
Summary statement by the Secretary-General on matters of
which the Security Council is seized and on the stage reached
in their consideration
Pursuant to rule 11 of the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council, the Secretary-General is submitting the following summary statement.
The list of items of which the Security Council is seized is contained in documents S/2003/40 of 14 February 2003, S/2003/40/Add.3 of 21 February 2003, S/2003/40/Add.4 of 24 February 2003, S/2003/40/Add.11 of 28 March 2003, S/2003/40/Add.14 of 17 April 2003, S/2003/40/Add.19 of 23 May 2003, S/2003/40/Add.20 of 30 May 2003 and S/2003/40/Add.24 of 27 June 2003.
During the week ending 26 July 2003, the Security Council took action on the following items:
Meeting of the Security Council with the troop-contributing countries to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon pursuant to resolution 1353 (2001), annex II, sections A and B (see S/2002/30/Add.3 and 28; and S/2003/40/Add.3; see also S/7913, S/7923, S/7976, S/8000, S/8048, S/8066, S/8215, S/8242, S/8252, S/8269, S/8502, S/8525, S/8534, S/8564, S/8575, S/8584, S/8595, S/8747, S/8753, S/8807, S/8815, S/8828, S/8836, S/8885, S/8896, S/8960, S/9123, S/9135, S/9319, S/9382, S/9395, S/9406, S/9427 and Corr.1, S/9449, S/9452, S/9805, S/9812, S/9930, S/10327, S/10341, S/10554, S/10557, S/10703, S/10721, S/10729, S/10743, S/10770/Add.4, S/10855/Add.15, 16, 23, 24, 29, 30, 33, 41, 43 and 44; S/11185/Add.14-16, 21, 42/Rev.1 and 47; S/11593/Add.15, 21, 29, 42 and 49; S/11935/Add.21, 42 and 48; S/12269/Add.12, 13, 21, 42 and 48; S/12520/Add.10, 11, 17, 21, 37, 39, 42, 47 and 48; S/13033/Add.2, 16, 19, 21, 23, 34, 47 and 50 ; S/13737/Add.15, 16, 21, 24-26, 33, 47 and 50; S/14326/Add.10, 11, 20, 24, 28, 29, 47 and 50; S/14840/Add.8, 21-25, 27, 30-33, 37, 42 and 48; S/15560/Add.3, 21, 29, 37, 42, 45, 47 and 48; S/16270/Add.6-8, 15, 20, 21, 34, 35, 40 and 47; S/16880/Add.8-10, 15, 20, 21, 41 and 46; S/17725/Add.2, 15, 21, 28, 35, 38, 43 and 47; S/18570/Add.2, 21, 30 and 47; S/19420/Add.2-4, 18, 19, 22 and Corr.1, 30, 48 and 50; S/20370/Add.4, 12, 16, 21, 30, 32, 37, 44, 46, 47 and 51; S/21100/Add.4, 21, 30 and 47; S/22110/Add.4, 21, 30 and 47; S/23370/Add.4, 7, 21, 30 and 47; S/25070/Add.4, 21, 30 and 48; S/1994/20/Add.3, 20, 29 and 47; S/1995/40/Add.4, 21, 29 and 47; S/1996/15/Add.4, 15, 21, 30 and 47; S/1997/40/Add.4, 21, 30 and 46; S/1998/44/Add.4, 21, 30 and 47; S/1999/25/Add.3, 20, 29 and 46; S/2000/40/Add.4, 15, 20, 21, 24, 29 and 47; S/2001/15/Add.5, 22, 31 and 48; S/2002/30/Add.4, 21, 30 and 50; and S/2003/40/Add.4 and 25)
The Security Council resumed its consideration of the item at its 4795th (private) meeting, held on 25 July 2003 in accordance with the understanding reached in its prior consultations.
At the close of the meeting, in accordance with rule 55 of the provisional rules of procedure of the Security Council, the following communiqué was issued through the Secretary-General in place of a verbatim record:
"On 25 July 2003, the Security Council, pursuant to annex II, sections A and B, of resolution 1353 (2001), held its 4795th meeting in private with the troop-contributing countries to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
"The Security Council and the troop-contributing countries heard a briefing under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure by Julian Harston, Director of the Asia and Middle East Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.
"The members of the Council had a constructive exchange of views with representatives of participating troop-contributing countries."


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Ultra-marathon swimmer Susan Simmons training in darkness near Oak Bay. (Submitted)
Both brains and brawn essential for Vancouver Island marathon swimmer
Susan Simmons is eyeing Aug. 1 for her historic attempt at crossing Juan de Fuca strait twice
Special to Black Press Media
When Susan Simmons steps off the beach on Aug. 1 for an epic attempt to swim across Juan de Fuca strait from Victoria to Port Angeles and back, the feat will be as much about brains as it is about brawn.
The date of the swim is weather dependent, and conditions must be exactly right if she is to have a chance at success — warm with very little wind and down-to-the-minute timing with the tides.
Simmons has spent hundreds of hours training for this event, along with her husband Ray Este paddling alongside her in a kayak.
But behind the scenes, local sailor Gordon Higgins has also spent hundreds of hours on the quest; painstakingly planning the course, reading tide and current tables so that Simmons can use the power of the moon to help propel her to Washington State and back again.
"It's called a neap tide," Higgins says. "It's one of the weakest tides of the year with the smallest difference between high-water and low-water."
READ MORE: Open water swimming from Victoria to Washington State
Higgins sounds very much like the computer scientist he is when reciting weather forecast stats off the top of his head.
"Long-range forecasts are 50% accurate," he says. "Five-day forecasts are 80% accurate, and 48-hour forecasts are 95% accurate. It's really all about the wind."
And in the hours leading up to the decisive decision-making part of the swim, Simmons will bring herself to a place of peace.
"I listen to Ziggy Marley," she says. "He sings about love and lifting ourselves up. These are things that are important to me."
It's about 33-kilometres as the crow flies from the small beach near the Ogden Point breakwater to Dungeness Spit near Port Angeles, but if Simmons left at the wrong time, she would be fighting a current most of the way and chances are she would never make it.
At 11 a.m., if conditions are right, Simmons will swim past the breakwater and aim for Race Rocks. At that point, about four hours later, she hopes to catch the tide change, and have the Pacific Ocean's enormous flood tide push her to Dungeness Spit.
If she arrives successfully at Dungeness Spit before 11 p.m., she'll then swim toward Royal Roads University, being pulled by the current back to Ogden Point.
"The plan is to have the tide behind her at all times, pushing her toward her objective," says Higgins. "Timing is critical."
READ MORE: Island woman plans to massive swims this summer
Besides the incredible effort of swimming a minimum of 66 km in open ocean, there are innumerable problems to solve and details to consider.
Higgins has rigged his boat — a Beneteau 34 called Synapse — with lights and spotlights, both to illuminate Simmons' course throughout the night and to fend off other boats. The Beneteau has a 30-horsepower engine, so Higgins will be constantly on the look-out for Simmons' two safety boats, whales, deadheads, logs and crab traps, engaging and disengaging the engine as she swims at a little less than 3 kilometres per hour.
Higgins will be in radio contact with U.S. and Canadian marine shipping authorities, warning freighters in the area to steer clear.
Simmons has permission from U.S. authorities to step out of the water up to her knees at Dungeness Spit. The rest of the 10 support crew do not. She'll have only 10 minutes before she must depart again, if the plan works, at about 11 p.m., Higgins and the support crew carefully following in her wake.
"My support crew is my family," Simmons says. "They are the people who really get me from shore to shore and truly do the most work. All – or most of – my crew are public servants. They all want to make the world a better place."
By Paul Bucci
Gordon Higgins, skipper of ultra-marathon swimmer Susan Simmons' support boat, works below decks preparing material for Simmons' swim last year from Port Angeles to Victoria. (Submitted)
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Fernando Sor, Composer and Guitarist by Brian Jeffery: extract from Chapter 3
This is an extract from Chapter 3 ("London, 1815-1823") of the book Fernando Sor, Composer and Guitarist by Brian Jeffery, on concerts in London, including newly-discovered ones.
"…During his stay in England, Sor performed in many concerts, both as a singer and as a guitarist. Altogether we know of some nineteen concerts in England in which he took part, all of them in the years 1815-19, that is to say during the first part of his stay here. We know about most of them from announcements or reviews in the newspapers of the time such as the Morning Chronicle, the Morning Herald, and the Morning Post, and immediately a problem of source material becomes evident: namely, that those newspapers constitute a vast amount of material through which it would be a huge task to check thoroughly. I found some items myself for the first edition of this book, and since then more have been found, some by Dr. Stuart Button, and others when I came to re-examine the early newspapers for this second edition, so that it has been possible to expand considerably the following section on Sor's concerts in England. One day perhaps the newspapers of the time will be fully indexed (preferably in electronic form with a search facility), but until that time, no complete list of Sor's concerts in England can be possible, and the following list must remain provisional.
The announcements and reviews carry the mark of the type of source from which they come, in that they generally seek to say something newsworthy. Perhaps Sor has 'just arrived in England', or it is the 'last night of his engagement'; or he reveals powers in the guitar which had not been known before; or he uses the guitar to accompany an Italian aria, something which was a relative novelty. We must read carefully in order to form a judgement about the musical reality. In fact, we can conclude from the number of concerts and from his association with the best-known musicians of the day, that he took his place as a fully professional musician, in two roles, firstly as a singer, and secondly with his unusual instrument, the guitar. Certainly the guitar was important, but again and again he is present in the concerts as a singer, not only solo, but in small ensembles.
Here is a list of the known concerts.
Sor's first known concert in England was a benefit for two Spanish musicians, Perez (piano) and Reyes (tenor?). The Morning Post carried the following advertisement on Saturday April 15th 1815: 'Argyll Rooms.–Mr. Perez and Mr. Reyes beg leave respectfully to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public in general, that their Benefit Concert is fixed for the 20th instant, at the above Rooms, when a choice selection of Vocal and Instrumental Music will be performed. The following celebrated Performers have promised their assistance:–Madame A. Catalani, Mrs. Ashe, and Mr. Naldi. Leader Mr. Spagnoletti; Conductor Mr. Asioli. Mr. Sor, the most celebrated Performer in Europe on the Spanish Guitar, and who is just arrived in England, will, in the course of the evening, execute a Fantasia on that instrument (being his first public appearance in this country). Mr. Reyes will sing several favourite pieces, and Mr. Perez will perform a Grand Military Concerto, and a Fantasia upon the Piano-forte.'
Sor is here already presented as 'the most celebrated performer in Europe on the Spanish guitar'. Perez and Reyes are Hispanic names. Sixto Pérez is listed briefly in Saldoni's Diccionario as a pianist; Reyes I have not traced. But they appear to have been either Spaniards or from the New World, so we see that from the very beginning of his stay here, Sor moved among his compatriots. It is also perhaps of interest that this was a time full of turmoil in England; Napoleon escaped from Elba in March 1815, and the events leading up to the Battle of Waterloo (June 1815) took place at this time. Indeed, in the two weeks between 14 and 27 June 1815 Sor played in no less than six known concerts, and it was precisely then that the Battle of Waterloo was fought, on 18 June 1815.
A correspondent of the periodical The Giulianiad wrote many years later, in 1833 (p. 27): 'The impression he then made on his first performance at the Argyll Rooms, which I attended, was of a nature which will never be erased from my memory; it was at once magical and surprising'.
Sor's own first benefit concert in England followed, and was announced in the Morning Post for Wednesday June 14th 1815 for the evening of the same day: 'Mr. Sor most respectfully informs the Nobility, Gentry, and his friends, that his Benefit Concert is fixed for this day, June 14, at the Argyll Rooms, when a choice selection of Vocal and Instrumental Music will be performed. The following celebrated performers will lend their assistance on the occasion: Mrs. Ashe, Mrs. Sala, Mr. Ledesma, and Mr. Lacy. Leader, Mr. Vaccari; at the Piano-forte, Mr. Sor. In the course of the evening Mr. Sor will execute a Fantasia on the Spanish Guitar, with full accompaniments, and two other pieces. Mr. Muller will play a Thema with Variations, on the Clarionet, and Mr. Perez, a Fantasia on the Piano-forte. To begin at half-past eight o'clock. Tickets to be had of Mr. Sor, 6, Charles-street, St. James's-square…'
The Morning Chronicle of 17 June 1815 reviewed this concert as follows: 'Mr. Sor, the celebrated performer on the Spanish guitar had a most fashionable and crowded assembly at the Argyll Rooms on Wednesday evening, where he gave a splendid Concert. His talent on this instrument, which has been so limited, till he enlarged its powers, was truly exquisite, and he shewed how admirably adapted it is to a lady's voice, by the effect of a delicate aria, finely sung by Madame Sala, with his guitar accompaniment. It was universally applauded.'
It may be noted that Sor also played the pianoforte in this concert."
[Details of many more concerts follow.]
Extract from Chapter 5.


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Summer School of Scientific Communication
2015 Summer School of Scientific Communication: Publishing Research for Multidisciplinary Audiences
● University of Split, Split, Croatia
● University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia
● Translational Research in Biomedicine (TRIBE) PhD Programme, University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia
Endorsed by the European Association of Science Editors, EASE
Sponsored by the City of Split
University of Split School of Medicine, Room B101. Start of the School: 30 June 2015, 9 am.
Language of the Summer School: English
ECTS points: 4
There is no registration fee. The participants are expected to cover the cost of travel to and accommodation in Split.
Lecturers include:
Prof Ana Marušić, MD, PhD, Editor in Chief, Journal of Global Health, University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia
Prof. Ida Raffaelli, PhD, Editor in Chief, Contemporary Linguistics, University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia
Prof. Elizabeth Wager, Sideview, Past Chair, Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), UK
Vito Pirrelli, PhD, Institute for Computational Linguistics, CNR Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Aliaksandr Birukou, PhD, Senior Editor – Computer Science, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany
Assist. Prof. Darko Hren, PhD, University of Split Faculty of Philosophy, Split, Croatia
The Summer School of Scientific Communication is organized by a group of journal editors with experience in teaching in scientific writing. The Summer School is the continuation of international writing workshops organized by the editors of the Croatian Medical Journal and the editors of other medical journals such as The Lancet, BMJ, JAMA and Annals of Internal Medicine.
The Summer School is targeted to doctoral students and young postdoctoral fellows from all scientific fields who are preparing their first manuscript or would like to improve their skills in writing and publishing in scientific journals. Participants are required to bring a draft of their manuscripts to the Summer School.
Summer School in Split is unique in its multidisciplinary approach, both in the composition of its teaching team, selection of the participants and the topics of their manuscripts. Previous Summer Schools attracted young researchers from all over Europe and from different research fields, ranging from medicine and biotechnology to law, archaeology, linguistics and art history.
Another unique feature of the Summer School is the focus on practical work with participants' manuscripts, in which formal lectures are arranged around Paper Clinic, where lecturers work through the manuscript with a small group of participants.
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Day 2 Hren Pirelli
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Day 4 Birukou
Experience from past Summer Schools:
"A very valuable experience! One of the most useful education courses since the beginning of my PhD study. I would recommend it to all doctoral students as a crucial starting point in their careers."
"The main benefit of the workshop for me was the new knowledge gained on the publication process. The second great benefit for me were the contacts established with other young scientists from different areas. I have made plans with 4 participants for future collaboration"
"The most valuable aspect of the workshop was hearing other's researchers experiences in publishing, mentoring work on my manuscript, seeing our mentors' enthusiasm about research and teaching, informal discussions."
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Paper mill to close near Albany, putting 270 out of work
By Amy Hsuan, The Oregonian
View full sizeThe Associated PressLouisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal talks to International Paper Mill employee Rober Carrol, right, as Pineville Mayor Clarence Fields, center, listens during a visit by the governor to Pineville City Hall, La. to address the state's response for helping employees who will be laid off. International Paper Co., the world's largest maker of cardboard box materials, said Thursday it is cutting 1,600 positions -- nearly 3 percent of the current payroll.
International Paper Co., the world's largest paper and pulp maker, will shutter its mill near Albany by mid-December, terminating 270 workers.
On Thursday, the Memphis-based company blamed the global recession for sapping demand for packaging products in its decision to close a total of four mills nationwide.
The announcement stunned workers early Thursday morning, said Todd Dittmer, local president of the Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers, which represents 210 hourly employees at the mill.
Dittmer said employees called to a 7:30 a.m. meeting believed the announcement would pertain to 40 workers who were laid off last fall, not to the entire plant.
"Our jaws all about hit the table," said Dittmer, 38, an electrician of 13 years. "In no way, shape or form did I see this coming."
The company also announced plans to close mills in Louisiana, Virginia and Oklahoma, bringing the total number of jobs lost to 1,600. The company employs 58,000 worldwide, including about 800 in Oregon.
International Paper purchased the mill, located in the small city of Millersburg, from Weyerhaeuser in August 2008 as part of a $6 billion deal for its containerboard and box plants.
The economic downturn has whittled demand for office paper, consumer packaging and cardboard boxes. The mill closures will shrink the company's North American paper and board capacity by 2.1 million tons, closer to projected future demand.
"Containerboard will start to grow as the economy recovers, but the recovery will take some time," said Jessica Savage, a company spokeswoman based in Memphis. "It's a fundamental change in our market that requires a permanent closure."
The company still has 14 other containerboard mills across the country, including one in Springfield. The Albany mill, which makes brown paper for cardboard boxes, has been in operation since the 1950s.
It's an aging facility with smaller machines, Dittmer said. The last day for workers will likely by December 14 or 15. Union representatives will likely negotiate severance packages for employees.
"Everyone is stunned," Dittmer said. "We'll do whatever we can to help the members find employment."
But prospects don't look good in Linn and Benton counties, where many of the mill's workers live. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Linn County was 15.2 percent in September, and about 7.6 percent in Benton.
Many mills have cut back or closed. And high-paying jobs are hard to come by, said Albany mayor Sharon Konopa. Jobs at the International Paper mill start at $14 an hour.
"These are family-waged jobs," Konopa said. "What we're seeing is people getting lower-paying jobs. And that's not going to sustain the economy."
International Paper shares rose 71 cents Thursday, or 3 percent, to close at $24.38.
Amy Hsuan